3RD UPDATE – FINAL: (See Conan and Obama videos here and here.) We warned you not to expect much from tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And true to form it failed to deliver. Bland to a fault Conan O’Brien didn’t lay a glove on celebrity-in-chief Barack Obama. (Bring back Seth Meyers…) But the President got an easy laugh with a showbiz joke that couldn’t have made Comcast too happy. (He noted that, of 22 recent basketball shots, he had 2 hits and 20 misses. “The executives at NBC asked, ‘What’s your secret?'” POTUS said.) O’Brien’s best line of the night was comparing the relationship between Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner to a blind date between Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow. (“In theory they understand each other’s positions. But deep down you know nothing’s ever going to happen.”) Obama got in the nastiest media dig. Noting that CNN has “taken some knocks” – because of errors during reporting on the Boston Marathon bombings – he said, “Fact is I admire their commitment to cover all sides of a story – just in case one of them happens to be accurate.” Obama even stabbed his liberal media cronies. He said saying seeing David Axelrod going to work for MSNBC was “a nice change of pace since MSNBC used to work for David Axelrod”.

Steven Spielberg – whom Obama called “my wonderful friend” – played a pivotal role in a video claiming the director’s next film is about Obama and will star Daniel Day-Lewis. (Obama pretended to be DDL playing himself. “The cosmetics were challenging.”) Otherwise, POTUS was flat. And, at times unabashedly arrogant. Like when he warned that, if the media are “only focused on profits or ratings or polls, then we’re contributing to the cynicism that so many people feel right now.” He also made this media comparison: “My job is to be president. Your job is to keep me humble. Frankly, I think I’m doing my job better.” He did receive a big laugh with this line: “These days I look in the mirror and I’m not the strapping young Muslim Socialist I used to be.” Swaggering to the podium accompanied by rap music, he began by self-congratulating himself. (“Rush Limbaugh warned you about this. Second term, baby!”) He constantly made showbiz references. A nod to Michael Douglas in The American President. (“An Aaron Sorkin liberal fantasy.”) To History channel’s depiction of him as the devil. (“Of course, Fox News thought the comparison was not fair – to Satan.”) To Groucho Marx. (“That’s Groucho Marx. Not Karl.”) To Conan’s invitation to host the WHCD. (“It’s the age-old dilemma: do you offer it to him now? Or wait five years and give it to Jimmy Fallon?”)

For his part, O’Brien was too respectful, especially given that he was headlining for the second time. (He previously hosted in 1995 and underwhelmed.) For instance he said very little about the recession, except to point out that, when it came to job creation, “under Obama the number of Popes has doubled, and the number of Tonight Show hosts has tripled”. Conan even went so far as to bash the hotel more than Obama. O’Brien was fine with showbiz jokes like this: “The guys from Duck Dynasty are here. It can can only mean one thing: the guys from Storage Wars said no.” But anti-Republican jabs didn’t go over. (Explaining that the President only won reelection because “he must have run against Mitt Romney, the rich guy whose horse danced in the Olympics”.) is media jokes were better received. He noted that Jeff Zucker’s news network is watched only “by the people who clean the offices at CNN”. And that Piers Morgan is actually the “scheming footman from Downton Abbey“. An Ann Curry-Al Roker feces joke fell flat. Winding up the evening, Conan laid a big one when he tried to cast an alleged new Turner Broadcasting DC miniseries because “Hollywood can’t get enough of your world.” (VP Biden = Bob Barker, David Axelrod – Higgins from Magnum PI, Paul Ryan = Mr Bean, Chuck Schumer = Grandpa Munster, Janet Napolitano = Paul Giamatti, Rahm Emanuel = Stewie from Family Guy.)

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The Washington Hilton ballroom was “hot as hell,” we’re told. Maybe because red-hot Duck Dynasty reality star Willie Robertson was attending the dinner. (“Surprised I’m the only person wearin’ a bandana,” he tweeted.) Who cared that cantankerous Tom “Get Off My Lawn!” Brokaw is objecting to the presence of celebrities among the 2,700 guests at this annual glitter and power schmoozefest. George Clooney, Ari Emanuel and Charlize Theron weren’t there like last year. But Obama bundlers Jeffrey Katzenberg and Harvey Weinstein were plus Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Barbra Streisand. Before O’Brien and the President spoke, a House Of Cards spoof video with Kevin Spacey (playing a ruthless U.S. Congressman) was shown. “Conan is the best we can do,” he laments. “It must be so hard to write jokes about a town that already is one.”

Mercifully, no Lindsay Lohan or Kim Kardashian buzzed this year’s WHCD. But Motion Picture Of America Association chief Chris Dodd got schooled as he had to wait his turn for a photo opp with Bradley Cooper. Red Carpet arrivals included Gerard Butler, Claire Danes, Sharon Stone, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Amy Poehler, Connie Britton, Tracy Morgan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Josh Radnor, Tim Daly, Jessica Pare, Psy, Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara, Tony Goldwyn, Ty Burrell, Aasif Mandvi, John Oliver, Rebel Wilson who told CNN she received a personal letter inviting her to the dinner from First Lady Michelle Obama. Hard at times to separate the fake from reality. As Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes just tweeted: “Am about to be in the same room with both my fake President and my real President at the same time.” Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill tweeted plaintively: “Wondering if my husband will pay any attention to me on our anniversary since sitting w/ Olivia Munn and Nicole Kidman.” C-Span was snarking the snoozefest with #NerdProm. But not even Rahm Emanuel worked the room like Tracy Morgan. 1600 Penn’s Josh Gad and Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus hung out with House Of Cards star Spacey and show Executive Producer Beau Willimon. The producer tweeted a pic of himself with his boss Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos, a Bloomberg guest. NBC’s Go On might have had a rocky first season but star Matthew Perry still holds some sway in DC. People lined up to get their pic with him seated next to West Wing colleague Brad Whitford.

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m • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How does one live under such a heavy dose of bitterness…

James • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Where was Brokaw when he was going to these events regularly. The overly close relationship of the press to Hollywood and especially the politicians is what led to the disaster called the Iraq War when the ass kissing was as its zenith. There are other instances as well, so this is nothing new, it is done by all Presidents, not just this one. This post is something that fits well on drudge.

doug • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

So a mass murderer Saddam Hussein, killer of thousand of Kurds by way of deadly gas wasn’t enough reason for the Irag war, it was the relationship with actors and politicians. What a goofy post.

pjd • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How could those people put on and attend WHCD when suffering people in Boston are still in hospital and some bodies are barely cold. This is not “carry on” it is “no respect”. Very selfish.

Laurie • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Not just Boston, but Super Storm Sandy people are still without power & homes. West, Texas was devastated as well. But remember that these people only matter to Obama when there’s a political opportunity involved. Last night, he didn’t need any photo ops….

Rosebud • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

According to Obama, it’s just a “bump in the road”, his own words about the terrorist attack in Benghazi (which we’ll never find out the truth about, because we know, “it wasn’t the movie”.

Mongol • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The same way people went on after 9/11. It’s worth wallowing. Even a few of my friends who were affected by the tragedy have told me that’s you have to move on, not dwell on the past, but remember.

dan • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Boston? really? I’ll bet 50 times that many people just in America, have experienced atrocities since then. America has it’s “culture of Fear” ironed out all right…. what about the many killed by drone attacks daily that are just in the wrong place, causalities, not enemies.. (threats to what America deems as enemies I should say)

Bjarne Sigurthsson • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I was thinking exactly the same thing; he carries on as if the tragedies of this world do not move him or weigh on him. He’s a cold, heartless human being, partying so soon after those events. I’m ebarrassed for him, since he shows no emarrassment or shame himself. There’s a human element missing from this man.

bobby • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Kids legs blown off because govt experts missed these two low lifes- this country so busy giving out scholarships to Aholes so they can buy sports cars and ammo- its no wonder the press had their annual democrat bar mitzvah – all overpaid- arrogant sell outs. They should have dollar signs tatooed on their foreheads when they are on TV to remind us of the book deals,films etc they signed on to. All money crazy people.

James • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

You just now found out that holding a WHCD when people are still bloody from Boston is in bad taste?
How about as US DIPLOMATS are fighting for their lives, US NAVY SEALS dying while painting laser designators targets onto Libyan mortar positions, and the PRESIDENT doesn’t go to the situation room, but off to a FUNDRAISER in California?
And yet many people voted for this tool of a president. They are beginning to sound surprised when he doesn’t have their best interest at heart. Instead, he has (TA-DA) his own interest at heart.
YOU, my dear sir, are expendable. As am I, as is everyone BUT him.

bg • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Yeah, we should cancel Christmas too.

gv • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How do we fight this? Complete nonsense. How do ya fight people that have no morals? They will obviously self destruct, but it’s a test of will. In the end, we know we win, but how we put up with this crap is a true test of character

Regular Guy • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

What I read from the post is that instead of the news and media questioning the actions of the President and playing cheerleaders is what leads Presidents to make disastrous decisions.
Under Clinton- Serbia
Under Bush 2- Iraq
Under Obama- Libya and now maybe Syria
But not wot worry, do you think any of those in attendance at the party will have to send the sons and daughters to fight and die on foreign soil?

russfelix • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The problem is the non-internet news media is evolving because the bean counters are forcing it into a profit-or-die situation. Yes Grandad, capitalism is alive and well. NPR being the exception. What we are seeing is a response to that. Quasi-journalist/’news’ people who are trying to achieve some level of stardom to stay alive. It is not surprising that they emulate and identify with Hollywood celebrities and tabloid trolls. The successful ones like Bill ORilley and Chris Matthews have morphed into sycophants and entertainers. Tom Brokaw occupies the same position on this issue that Bernie Goldberg did on the liberal media bias issue. Tom is giving an early warning and his colleagues are ignoring it.

russfelix • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Not all presidents have done this, but as Tom Brokaw points out this phenomenon has grown alarmingly in the last 20 or so years. Not only does it degrade the image of the media types but it also cuts deeply into the creditability of the elected officials that participate. ‘Lie down with dogs and get up with fleas’

BARBBF • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

russfelix said..‘Lie down with dogs and get up with fleas’.

I agree…and it definitely applies to the WH and the so-called members of the “free press” or MSM.

md • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

“…when the ass kissing was [at] its zenith”? With all due respect, have you missed the last four years?

Troy P • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Oh yea. The media really kissed GWB’s butt didn’t they? You must be 18 years old or an absolute moron.

Janice Janes • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Troy P – Obama was president the last 4 years not GWB.

Garr Obo • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

It just took Brokaw a few extra years to wake up to the music. When your entire life is about following these politicians around kike a groupie, waiting for them to say or do something important, which is seldom, you lose track of the important stuff going on around you. He, like most talking heads, read a script, written for them by their bosses in the MSM. So no thought processes were involved on his part for m any years. At least he has finally come to the realization that most of his life has been wasted, acting as a parrot. Most people wake up around the age of 45 and become Republicans. Like I said before, it just took him more time than usual.

gv • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I couldn’t have said it better, thanks!!!!

Shanon • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

“Most people wake up around the age of 45 and become Republicans.” This is a ridiculous statement. If you are going to post ignorant comments, you should be prepared to provide empirically-supported evidence to back them.

Cindy Lu • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Same here bravo!

John • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

This is who these people are. Hollywood actors are phony because they are paid to be, and they are in general, confused about their identities. They fancy themselves leaders when they are really an artful pastime.
Liberal politicians are phony because that is the only way they can get the public to go along with their grand schemes, i.e. “immigration reform”, and obamacare.
The two come together here, and obama has really been promoting the relationship to further his agenda. And his view of the “little people” or the public at large is in line with Hollywood elites’ view of them. For instance, Michelle’s appearance at the Oscars and the multiple white house parties featuring celebrities, and special favoritism granted to Jay-z and his bride are examples of the liberal left’s fascination with Hollywood.

grendel007 • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

If you are referring to the co-dependent relationship of the media, the public, and govt officials in response to 9-11, or to the antithetical relationship led by obtuse democrat criticisms (such as a casualty clock) then I think you are dead on.
The truth, I think, is what is the problem.
The media no longer reflects news, even in biased form, but only seeks to shape public opinion. Certain phrases and terms and cherry picking tug at the heartstrings of a very weary populace.
What is needed is a Marc Antony to deliever his speech at Caesar’s funeral, or things will never change

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

If it not for Drudge, you would not have a platform to spew your ugly hatefull crap. God Bless The USA

Adam Smith • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

It’s spelled “hateful,” which is such a common word for leftists that you’d think they’d learn to spell it right. What is the problem with Drudge “spewing” crap? He just takes stories from the mainstream media and aggregates them. Turn your wrath on the media if you don’t like what he has.

The Captain • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Picking and choosing, oh so selectively. It’s all in the presentation, but you already know that.

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Only 1 L in “Hateful”. Dumbass.

Jersey Jones • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

“Where was Brokaw when he was going to these events regularly.”

Consider the brilliance of the above sentence. Who’s on first? Conan.

j • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I was wondering the same thing.

Bryan • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

And ironically, the audience her snark is intended for is the exact same people that would much rather watch DUCK DYNASTY than the next Clooney project…

Myron Monk • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Irony is that you don’t even know that the Robertson family have more college degrees than the Clooney family… and George never graduated. But I guess your inflated opinion of yourself wouldn’t let you see the irony, or your fawning slathering over celebutards and corrupt politicians who get your vote by making you think they are “cool”. Ironic, isn’t it!

Jim • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

George never graduated? Just think of how much money he could be making if he had a degree!!!!!!

Joseph • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I have watched some episodes of Duck Dynasty and I just am beside myself that any human being could appreciate successful people who are smart enough to amass a good amount of money while being grounded and able to laugh at themselves. The horror of watching a family have dinner and the audacity of saying a simple grace and thanks prior to a great meal. I find it sickening that the family cares about each other and deals with light hearted jabs at each other, where is their concern for gays/transgenders nambla members, global warming….how dare they be positive while we as humans destroy our planet just because of our existence. Enough sarcasm for all of you that just can’t get your head around the fact that obviously a large portion of Americans like people who can do pretty much what they want (monetarily) and are WISE enough to be humble? I think (honestly) that they are very funny and good for them for getting some honest down to earth laughs. Thank you

doggedbydogs • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Wow, the Celebrity-in-Chief is really in trouble when he invites the Duck Dynasty boys to dinner, remember it was your messiah who said, “They cling to guns or religion” something the Duck Dynasty folks do wholeheartedly. Look out Bryan, the sky is falling (snark, snark).

Not A Celebrity Or A Correspondent • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

What? No George Clooney Doing His Famous Duck Calls? I’m Not Going! Finke’s And Patten’s “Bitter” Comments Will Be Funnier Than Anything You’ll Hear At The Dinner.

Ditto. This post is nothing less than egregious. Obama’s speech was masterful, ahead of its time. The 2 AM buzz-feed bit? Three quarters of this town wouldn’t admit to that, and they aren’t even close to the presidency, much less being the commander-in-chief themsleves. Although the delusions linger.

SallyinChicago • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I agree with James. I laughed. It was a “media/newspaper” correspondent’s dinner, not a political roast. The media was made fun of because it’s THEIR DINNER! 1/2 the people in the room were media, if they can’t laugh at themselves – who can? I thought Conan was OK, but Wanda and Seth did a much better job.

richard WILSON • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Your question {fools, etc.} is an easy question to respond to.
A foolish, ill tempered, angry and unbalanced person will always will find his/her balance in being bitter. As they see it, everyone but them is wrong. Just ask them if you don’t believe me.

Al • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Mainstream media has become a joke; since Obama was elected, and so has our government become a joke; since Obama was elected.

jenny • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Corespondent’s Dinner was BORING!!! We’re sick of O and he was definitely off. Arrogant – and poor writing. Conan was worse. HORRIBLE When can we get a new leader??? Hope i live to see it.

Kevin • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Yeah…I kind of hope you don’t.

jenny • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

It’s incredibly easy to be bitter when you”re shackled with such an arrogant inept leader.

Finem Respice.
Oh what great fiddlers do we have fiddling?
Painful it shall be when the adults return.

Matt • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I don’t really know how the right can be so bitter, bt I do know they think Obama was born in Kenya, that he has a plan to destroy America and that he hates anything to do with white people. They are a very bitter 48% (and declining) portion of the population, that’s for sure.

reporter • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

lol

this is the petty group sitting around patting each other on the back. fat, lazy, pomp and still think the gov is not coming for all of their money.

disgusting while the rest of us starve and 50% of have no jobs and are force fed food stamps.

unemployment’s is a joke, HAVE YOU SUBMITTED TO 5 EMPLOYERS THIS WEEK. AHAHAHAHAHAH HUNDREDS OF RESUMES SENT not s single interview lol

cant even buy a interview

America is a garbage can.

Patrick Sullivan • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I appreciate Deadline’s objectivity. O’Brien was lame and his kid-gloves treatment of the supremely under-whelming President is symbolic of Hollywood’s collective grand delusion.

The U.S. is more than $16.5 trillion in debt and His Royal Jacka…Highness waltzes into his speech cued by some rap crap like everything is going to be all right?

O’Brien should be ashamed of himself. Obama deserved worse.

MollyMac • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Brokaw’s right. A little levity is fine, but the cottage industry of incessant ass-kissing and self-congratulation that has grown up around these press/pol events is more than revolting, as is Obama’s appetite for appearasnces at roasts, toasts, Fallon, Letterman, Jon Stewart, The View, ESPN for “March Madness” bracket time, golf with Tiger Woods, etc. Mr. President: How about some governance? Mr. and Ms. Reporter: How abous some skeptical analysis, at a distance? Country is burning. Stop fiddling.

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Bravo!!! Bravo!!!

Concretetundra • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How ’bout some governance? How ’bout some reality? You scan four and a half years of governance and pick out about 8 events that are a little too shallow for an intellectual heavyweight such as yourself? Hey, Boehner and McConnell? How ’bout a little less stubbornness? Having said all that, I thought it was great to see Obama knocking it out of the park tonight (as usual). The historians will get it right. He’s a great President. And by the way, Drudge likes to post the gallup numbers when they are down. Right now, he’s at 52 percent approval. Not too shabby. Not great but not too shabby.

HillsideChoker • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Obama is such a weak Tea. His ‘jokes’ fell flatter than O’Brien’s performance.

Garr Obo • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Only a 12-year-old would think that O’Brian is funny. I really don’t get it. I watched his show years ago for about ten minutes and couldn’t take any more of it.

The Captain • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

You’re right. You really don’t get it.

maroon • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Then who the heck is watching Conan’s shows? Twelve year olds are usually in bed at Conan time.

DieselBoatMan • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Heh, would you mind telling us what flavor that “koolaide” is?

cece • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

So he’s at 52%, eh? So is Dubya.

Adam_ME • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

A great President? Based on what? The economy sucks. Obamacare is a disaster. Iran is about to have nukes. We’ve lost Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood. Islamic radicals are setting off bombs in Boston while collecting welfare. 50 million are on food stamps. 90 million are out of work. Our debt is about to hit 17 trillion. This is your definition of great? I’d hate to know what you think a lousy President looks like.

Robert M.Hope • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

FORWARD!!
And they insist that it’s not a disorder?
Hmmm…

TVScribe • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Boy, the baggers swarm like locusts when Drudge posts a link. And Adam_ME, to answer your question, a lousy president looks just like W.

I need Koolaid • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How can W look like a lousy president when his poll numbers at this point in his term as president matched Obama’s. So in your statement W and Obama are both lousy presidents.
JUST SAYIN

Pat Thompson • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Well said.

Joe D • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

…all lawmakers should follow his lead. Get out of town; party the night away and STAY OUT OF DC.
Our country needs LESS governing. :)

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Why not cancel this hideous event until something good happens in this country?

DBrown • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

AMEN!

jackson • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

YES!

Emjay Graykat • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

We still have no answers on Benghazi though he said they would work tirelessly to bring the terrorists to justice.

One kid shuts down Boston, only because it happened on US soil and in front of US cameras. If the marathon bombing took place overseas my these same muslim influenced terrorists the Obama administration would have shut it down just like Benghazi.

James • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

How about some governence? Why start how. It will be at least 5, 6, 7, years of TRILLION dollar deficits, MONTHS of vacation every year, shaking hands with Muslim jihadist while stabbing Israel in the back. Does anyone really expect obama to start acting like a President instead of a 19 year old frat boy away from home for the first time?

Mike • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Celebrity-in-Chief? Really?

Myron Monk • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Peter • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

No, it’s more like jerk off in chief. It’s basically all he does as president while black unemployment remains higher than when he came into office, when terrorists strike our shores, and he’s throwing a party with a bunch of self-absorbed, out of touch rich assholes.

But whatever he may be called, Obama had never been the POTUS the Constitution and the Oath of Office demand: that is, a person who is president of all Americans, someone is not socially and racially divisive.

His intellectual bankruptcy and moral anchorlessness are subjects for another thread.

Ken • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Agreed!

Laurie • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

BAZINGA!!

Nena • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Amen

king kong • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Wow, Nikki, seems like you upset a few throne-sniffers by daring to mock this lame poseur-fest. How dare you call Obama celebrity-in-chief. I guess sacred cows die hard… and the only thing funny about Conan O’Brien is his hair.

sai • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

sounds like a bunch of tediousness. talking squirrels.

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

That is a real slur on squirrels

Ugh • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I find all the invitees to be boring… Where’s the wow? Kidman, Poehler, Rhimes, reality “celebs”…

JAG • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I’m guessing the Duck Dynasty guys were forced to go by the network. Sounds like a living Hell to me. I’d rather watch monkey’s fling poo.

cece • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

You’ll have to sit in on a session of congress for that.

Laurie • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Willie Robertson for President! Do you know how much better our country would be if we had folks that had 1. common sense 2. morals 3. business accumen 4. love of country/patriotism 5. family values 6. work ethic 7. forthrightness Well, you get the idea.

jsmith • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

A gathering of the most useless people in the country…thanks for naming names, now I know who to avoid.

mikeinmaine • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

well said

Matt • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Why the hell not. This government is, after all, a complete joke.

Ed • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I do think this is a gross vortex of fame vampires feeding on each other , a more narcissistic venue would be hard to find ..Reporters are now journalists, a subtle linguistic shift that implies instead of neutral reporting of events their thoughts and feelings Are the story. Instead of reporting the story they want to be celebrities and be the story.There is no distance between reporters and Hollywood , Washington. The inside the beltway crowd and Hollywood are now totally disconnected from the rest of the country.

Wow, just lost a bit of respect for the Duck Dynasty folks.
WHY in the world would they want to be in the same room with those snakes, thieves and demons?

Onehorsetown • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

To go see any POTUS in person; to see gorgeous and handsome celebrities all dressed up? To have a free fancy dinner and some drinks? To get your picture taken on an international stage?
IT WAS JUST A PARTY of the 1%…of which the Robertsons are a part of, whether you approve or not.

Jekyllisland • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Who thinks they are gorgeous or handsome? Believe or not the international stage thinks the US is a joke and could care less and the party which was attended by people that no longer have a following was paid for those few that actually go to work still.

tdtorquemada • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Let the projectile vomiting begin.

jbspry • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

“Don’t expect much from tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”
Why should I? I don’t expect much from the government, the press or the entertainment industry.

billy jack • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

A gathering of the Ruling Elite. Evil to the core. They are not your friends.

The ruling elites in DC, the media and Wall St dither away at frivolous non stop events like this, while the standard of living of average Americans declines everyday, and they continue to create a welfare /entitlement society that is unsustainable and will end in economic chaos!

confused • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

not that i follow politics, but what does gayle king have to do with reporting,journalism or government??? is oprah bailing out cbs and washington??

yaaaawn • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The attendees are mostly boring old farts who waved goodbye to their salad days several decades ago. I’m being totally earnest when I say I wouldn’t like to be there, even as a fly on the wall. Keep up the good snark, Nikki.

Normal • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

What a ridiculous waste of time.

Our country is so obsessed with celebrity status that no longer do we even remotely have public servants or an honest objective press.

I give up.

Pouncekitty • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

Celebrity, indeed! This is Obama’s ONLY credential. He’s a celebrity, and that’s why dopes voted for him, that’s why he’s president. He has ZERO other creds. This is it. Celebrity. And you ask why the USA is tanking??????

Jed • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

This is nothing more than another awards show but under a different name and they don’t give out awards to the patrons attending. What a joke this event has turned out to be with all these celebs attending. Brokaw actually made sense in what he said about this event and it holds true even to this day. I’ll watch sports instead.

Green Mtn Punter • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

As Leslie Winkle said to Sheldon Cooper: “Dumbass”! Brokaw’s Versailles reference went way over the heads of these Know Nothings. The situation is actually more analagous to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The country is seething with resentment against the “Court” in Washington.

George • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I wonder if Peggy Noonan was there? Her recent piece in the Wall Street Journal knocked it out of the park.

Mark • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

It’s what Obama has been from the beginning – a celebrity.

CebVa • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The presstitutes are out in force. Celebrity worship at its finest. How sickening!

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

What are you fucking stupid? The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is an annual tradition that has nothing to do with the particular President in office.

Bryan • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

They’re willfully stupid. Besides, Limbaugh told them Bush never ACTUALLY climbed under the tables jokingly looking for WMDs while our troops were being slaughtered at his WHCD’s, surrounded by even dumber celebs and even scarier lobbyists…

Unanimous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

The pedigree of the event does not save it from the spectacle it has become.

russfelix • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

criticism of Bush does not deflect criticism of what is going on right now just like criticism of Clinton before him did not deflect the criticism of Bush. If you like what is going on at these parties you must be part of the problem.

Justus • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

I couldn’t agree more. I loved the show but once it got scripted I became skeptical. Now they are hanging out with Obummer? 99% of their fans are not Obama fans. I think this will hurt them further. Play in the dirt and you get dirty!

Anonymous • on Apr 27, 2013 8:24 pm

It doesn’t matter!! Too many IDIOT followers..Soon to 30 million MORE!! We have IDOCRASY!!